San Antonio Rep. Charlie Gonzalez hailed final passage of the defense appropriations legislation, which won overwhelming, bipartisan approval from the Senate early Saturday after Democrats foiled Republican delaying tactics.Gonzalez pointed to $4.4 million in funding for San Antonio-based projects:

$1.6 million for the

Expert Knowledge Transformation Project, a project proposed for the Army by the San Antonio-based

Southwest Research Institute

$2 million to develop techniques to manage

noncompressible hemorrhage following combat injury

$800,000 for night-vision technology development.

The package also includes a pay raise for all military personnel.“This bill is about keeping good on our promise to

give our troops and their families the necessary resources and the best